HENRY FREDERICK JAMES EASTICK.

A starboard photograph of Lydia Eva dated 21 August 2012 shows the funnel device mirrored so that the staff points forward on both sides. A 1930 port photograph and an old Herring Searcher photograph confirm the funnel. The 1930 view also shows a dark flag with large white SD, whose identity is unknown. Actual flying use of the funnel flag remains unclear: the only photographs found were dated 4 February 2011, suggesting that it existed but not establishing its earlier use.

A cap badge offered as H.F. Eastick’s shows a possible alternative flag. The seller described it as old outfitter stock acquired during the 1980s.